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"Seriously ill sex offender may be electronically tagged"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this notable story about a technocorrections sentence being considered in Ireland.  Here are the details: A Wicklow man who sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl may become one of the first offenders to be electronically tagged as an alternative to prison. The 62-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victim, suffers from a serious medical condition and the Prison Service has told the court they may not be able to treat him in jail.  He has been on bail since he was convicted last February while it was established if he could be imprisoned or not. Today Judge Tony Hunt again adjourned sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after hearing that the man was not in court. He had gone into hospital to have a procedure carried out last week but it had not gone well and he remained in hospital...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 14, 2010 (boomark / email).